Media entrepreneurs ‘punch above their weight’

In Africa, Southeast Asia, and Latin America, digital natives are innovating and thriving What follows is the Executive Summary of SembraMedia’s Inflection Point International study of 200+ digital native media, with findings and recommendations on their impact, innovation, threats, business models, and teams. Read the full report here–also in Spanish and Portuguese. It is republished under […]

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On the front lines in Latin America, journalists battle and thrive

Digital natives are leading the way to produce quality journalism for their communities Versión del post en español Each year, the Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas puts on a series of roundtable discussions with Latin American journalists. It’s called the Coloquio Iberoamericano, and it’s conducted in Spanish, but the staff prepared summaries in […]

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This hub nurtures investigative journalism in LatAm

BOGOTA, Colombia —  Independent news media in Latin America often lack the financial resources to act as a counterweight to the political powers and multinational businesses in the region. But these media, many of them digital natives, have found that by banding together they can multiply their scarce resources and magnify their impact beyond their […]

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Women are making their mark in digital news startups

Women are taking a leadership role in the development of digital journalism in Latin America, according to a new study of 100 startups. The study, Inflection Point, by SembraMedia in partnership with Omidyar Network, offers many clues to achieving the elusive goal of sustainability for new digital media. Click to enlarge. One clue is that women have the skills and experience […]

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12 road maps for sustainable digital media worldwide

Renaissance maps showed monsters, hazards to avoid. The future of journalism is increasingly digital, mobile, and in flux. It is unexplored territory.  Like the explorers and navigators of the Renaissance, various organizations – governments, NGOs, journalism groups, and universities, among others – have been trying to map the most promising routes to sustainability in the […]

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